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The Great Game

2010
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
Sherlock's brother Mycroft presents him with a case of utmost importance to the country and the government.While proceeding to solve that case, Sherlock encounters difficult distractions from a mysterious villain who abducts people and threatens to kill them unless his demands, which are meant for Sherlock. Dodging all this distractions, Sherlock solves the original case but comes face to face with this deadly intelligent villain, Sherlock's archenemy, Professor Moriarty!

Directed by:

Paul McGuigan
Paul-McGuigan
30 total credits
Credits include: Lucky Number Slevin, Sherlock, Push, Wicker Park and A Study in Pink
polygon

Writers:

Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
155 total credits
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
polygon
,
Steven Moffat
Steven-Moffat
42 total credits
Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote Chalk, a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience as an English teacher.
polygon

Starring:

Rupert Graves
Rupert-Graves
66 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
polygon
,
Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
155 total credits
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
polygon
,
Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
87 total credits
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Tim Canterbury in The Office, Dr. Watson in Sherlock, Lester Nygaard in Fargo and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy.
polygon
,
Andrew Scott
Andrew-Scott
50 total credits
Andrew Scott is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. He received the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement for A Girl in a Car with a Man, and an IFTA award for the film Dead Bodies. Scott's notable television roles have included Paul McCartney in the BBC television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the 2012 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.
polygon
,
John Sessions
John-Sessions
29 total credits
Credits include: The Iron Lady, Loving Vincent, The Merchant of Venice, Florence Foster Jenkins and The Great Game
polygon
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict-Cumberbatch
88 total credits
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004); William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace (2006); protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy (2008); Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Bernard in Small Island (2009); Sherlock Holmes in the modern BBC adaptation series Sherlock (2010); and Peter Guillam in the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)...(wikipedia)
polygon
,
Una Stubbs
Una-Stubbs
10 total credits
Una Stubbs is an English television, stage, occasional film actress and former dancer. She is particularly known for playing Rita in the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and Aunt Sally in the children's series Worzel Gummidge. She is also known for her role as Miss Bat in the series The Worst Witch and has most recently appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs Hudson in the Bafta award-winning television series Sherlock.
polygon
,
Zoe Telford
Zoe-Telford
27 total credits
Credits include: Match Point, Sherlock, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The Painted Veil and The Great Game
polygon
,
Di Botcher
Di-Botcher
10 total credits
Credits include: The Great Game, Lennon Naked, Pulling, Dustbin Baby and Stella
polygon
,
Haydn Gwynne
Haydn-Gwynne
22 total credits
Credits include: Beauty and the Beast, The Great Game, Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors and The C Word
polygon
,
Louise Brealey
Louise-Brealey
21 total credits
Louise Brealey, also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She is best known for playing student nurse Roxanne Bird in Casualty, and Molly Hooper in Sherlock.
polygon
,
Vinette Robinson
Vinette-Robinson
21 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock, A Study in Pink, Boiling Point, The Great Game and The Reichenbach Fall
polygon

Country:

UK

Language:

English

The Great Game

2010
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
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Ratings & Reviews

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06 Jul 2016
95
91st
The first big Moriarty episode of the show, and it doesn't disappoint. Fast-paced and highly suspenseful throughout, leading to a fantastic cliffhanger. Excellent.
07 Aug 2018
78
66th
Right up until Moriarty shows up, this episode is awesome. Sherlock is knocking down targets one after the other, which sets it apart from the other episodes. A great change of pace. But what almost ruins it is an astoundingly bad portrayl of Moriarty as some sort of femmy Irishman who likes to raise his voice with excitement every other sentence. I was not impressed, that man was NOT a criminal mastermind.
04 Jul 2015
89
92nd
Is this not just an episode of the TV series? If it is, then it's a great fucking series, and this sounds like one of those episodes that I really enjoyed. Are we calling this a movie, now? TV special? The mysteries of how British television works. Mind-boggling.
21 Jan 2018
69
44th
Some fantastic thrills and charming character interplay but also starts to burst at the seams with fast paced and increasingly silly plotting.
19 May 2016
38
31st
Moriarty was extremely underwhelming, no way he runs an empire.
16 Nov 2015
3
92nd
A grand episode!
10 Dec 2014
40
18th
This show is so overrated! Or, that is, the first season did next to nothing for me. What's with all the hype?
10 Feb 2014
94
94th
holy MIND FUCK! was this episode great! i was never a fan of "crime dramas" before sherlock, because they all felt so formulaic, to the point where you could tell who the killer was within the first 10 minutes. but boy did this show take that formula and turn it on its head! i got a real kick out of the twist here and having dabbled in tv writing, i can really appreciate how near impossible this feat was to achieve.
28 Dec 2013
90
88th
Terrific! Exceptional dialogue, story and acting. Very tense and unpredictable.
10 Dec 2012
80
86th
The perfect arch-nemesis reveal!
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Paul McGuigan
Paul-McGuigan
30 total credits
Credits include: Lucky Number Slevin, Sherlock, Push, Wicker Park and A Study in Pink
polygon

Writers:

Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
155 total credits
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
polygon
,
Steven Moffat
Steven-Moffat
42 total credits
Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote Chalk, a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience as an English teacher.
polygon

Starring:

Rupert Graves
Rupert-Graves
66 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
polygon
,
Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
155 total credits
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
polygon
,
Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
87 total credits
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Tim Canterbury in The Office, Dr. Watson in Sherlock, Lester Nygaard in Fargo and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy.
polygon
,
Andrew Scott
Andrew-Scott
50 total credits
Andrew Scott is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. He received the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement for A Girl in a Car with a Man, and an IFTA award for the film Dead Bodies. Scott's notable television roles have included Paul McCartney in the BBC television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the 2012 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.
polygon
,
John Sessions
John-Sessions
29 total credits
Credits include: The Iron Lady, Loving Vincent, The Merchant of Venice, Florence Foster Jenkins and The Great Game
polygon
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict-Cumberbatch
88 total credits
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004); William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace (2006); protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy (2008); Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Bernard in Small Island (2009); Sherlock Holmes in the modern BBC adaptation series Sherlock (2010); and Peter Guillam in the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)...(wikipedia)
polygon
,
Una Stubbs
Una-Stubbs
10 total credits
Una Stubbs is an English television, stage, occasional film actress and former dancer. She is particularly known for playing Rita in the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and Aunt Sally in the children's series Worzel Gummidge. She is also known for her role as Miss Bat in the series The Worst Witch and has most recently appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs Hudson in the Bafta award-winning television series Sherlock.
polygon
,
Zoe Telford
Zoe-Telford
27 total credits
Credits include: Match Point, Sherlock, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The Painted Veil and The Great Game
polygon
,
Di Botcher
Di-Botcher
10 total credits
Credits include: The Great Game, Lennon Naked, Pulling, Dustbin Baby and Stella
polygon
,
Haydn Gwynne
Haydn-Gwynne
22 total credits
Credits include: Beauty and the Beast, The Great Game, Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors and The C Word
polygon
,
Louise Brealey
Louise-Brealey
21 total credits
Louise Brealey, also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She is best known for playing student nurse Roxanne Bird in Casualty, and Molly Hooper in Sherlock.
polygon
,
Vinette Robinson
Vinette-Robinson
21 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock, A Study in Pink, Boiling Point, The Great Game and The Reichenbach Fall
polygon

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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